#AABA55#AABA55

#AABA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA55
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -20.20, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 52.63, 112.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0581 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.128 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7767, 44.3201, 15.2625)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA55 #6555BA

analogous

#BA9755 #AABA55 #77BA55

triadic

#AABA55 #55AABA #BA55AA

tetradic

#AABA55 #55BA97 #6555BA #BA5577

square

#AABA55 #55BA97 #6555BA #BA5577

split-complementary

#AABA55 #5577BA #9755BA

monochromatic

#606A2B #87953D #AABA55 #C0CC81 #D6DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AABA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AABA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA55

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA55	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce88',
    500: '#aaba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba55;
$custom-light: #c5ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.505,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA55

secondary

#A7A0CB

accent

#56D269

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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